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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERSTAND

v.t.To stand too much on price or conditions; to lose a sale by holding the price too high.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OVERSTAND

OVERSTAND O `ver *stand ", v. t.

 

Defn: To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs. ] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.